Lax Spa Suunt (Arthur Island)

Lax Spa Suunt (Arthur Island). The Sm’algyax name is often translated as “Place of Summer” but literately the translation is “On the home of summer” (lax = on; spa = home, place…

Yaan, gyiloo baan. Walk, don’t run. – Seals in the Skeena River in Ha’lila̱x six’ẅa̱h (March) -photo courtesy of Heather Bohn

Lu’yaag̱a hoon da wa̱p sip’iyaansk. The fish are hanging in the smokehouse. – Photo courtesy of Christina Sam Stanley

Port Essington Indian Village – Image e-01336 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

Many Kitsumkalum members attended the Methodist-run Port Essington Indian Day School. – Image b-05843 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

Mełiitga ‘yens. (The leaves are green.)

Lax’aws (sandy beach)

Image A-04170 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives